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MA students writing online
Across the MA in Music, Open University students have the opportunity to develop different writing styles, with the chance to submit assignments that include blogs, concert reviews, CD liner notes, programme notes, online journal articles, encyclopedia entries, review articles, colloquy discussion pieces, lecture-recitals and conference papers. A number of this year’s … Continue reading
MA Study Day
On Saturday 17 of the students from the two year groups of the MA met in Milton Keynes for a Study Day. In the morning those who’ve just finished A873 were first introduced to the second module and then spent … Continue reading
Applications Being Accepted for Certificate: The Practice of Music Making
Applications are now being accepted for study starting in October 2017 on Certificate: The Practice of Music Making, a one-year programme developed by Trinity Laban in collaboration with the Open University. The certificate offers an opportunity to develop practical music making and … Continue reading
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OU / Trinity Laban module reaches its Residential School
The Residential School for the Certificate The Practice of Music Making takes place this week, from Friday 7 to Wednesday 13 April. It is held at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, in the former Royal Naval College buildings, Greenwich, London. The Certificate, written … Continue reading
New OpenLearn course: Understanding musical scores
Music is delighted to announce the launch of a new OpenLearn course: Understanding musical scores. This free course explores how music is written down, what a musical score is, and what it does. It considers how musicians use and interpret music notation in … Continue reading
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Video on studying music at the OU
This video, from the Student Hub Live webcast event in June, features Robert Samuels of the Music Department in conversation with Karen Foley about studying music with the OU, focussing especially on the second-level module Inside Music (A224). Student Hub Live: Inside Music … Continue reading
June Academic of the Month: Byron Dueck
The past month has been a busy one for everyone in the department. My own activities included attending a workshop on memory, music and movement hosted by the Elphinstone Institute at the University of Aberdeen. The workshop was an opportunity … Continue reading
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The Practice of Music Making: loan eligibility
We are pleased to be able to confirm that students registering for the OU / Trinity Laban Certificate The Practice of Music Making will be eligible for student loans, provided they meet the general eligibility criteria (for most OU students, this … Continue reading
New OpenLearn course from the Department of Music
The Music Department is delighted to introduce a new short course, Music and its media, available free of charge through the Open University’s OpenLearn site. Authored by Helen Coffey, the course explores some of the ways music has been transmitted, considering music manuscripts in … Continue reading
Online music tuition
Following the appearance of an article in a local newspaper today about a pioneering effort to bring music lessons to children in rural parts of Yorkshire, BBC Radio York interviewed Naomi Barker about online music tuition. The project which launched … Continue reading